" These Walls Are Crying "

"These Walls Are Crying "

( Lyrics By Gerald Logan )

I was built to hold their laughter, I was built to keep them warm

But the whiskey and the anger turned a home into a storm

Her footsteps used to echo sweet across my hardwood floor

Now silence fills the hallway ‘cause she don’t come here no more

These walls are crying, paint is peeling off in shame

The roof can’t cover heartache, can’t keep out the pain

I watched her pack her suitcase, I heard the front door slam

Now I’m just a broken home, falling with this broken man

He used to sing her love songs in the glow of candlelight

Now the bottles smash like thunder in the dark and lonely night

I’ve got holes punched in my drywall, scars across my frame

She said she couldn’t take it, that she feared his rage and name

These walls are crying, paint is peeling off in shame

The roof can’t cover heartache, can’t keep out the pain

I watched her pack her suitcase, I heard the front door slam

Now I’m just a broken home, falling with this broken man

Divorce papers on the counter, the ink still wet with tears

I’ve sheltered them through laughter, I’ve stood through all these years

But love can’t stand on timber when the fire burns too wild

She walked away to save herself… and left behind this child

These walls are crying, paint is peeling off in shame

The roof can’t cover heartache, can’t keep out the pain

I watched her pack her suitcase, I heard the front door slam

Now I’m just a broken home falling with this broken man

I was built to be forever, but forever’s slipping fast

Now I’m haunted by the whiskey, and the shadows of the past

Every creak and every crack just tells the world I know

Love once lived inside me… but now she had to go.